Revolts erupt among Ukrainian troops in Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka

Yevgeny Prigozhin ©Sergey Bobylev/TASS

Rebellions have begun among Ukrainian servicemen in Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka, as they are dropping their arms and walking out, Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the PMC Wagner, said on Saturday.

"Revolts have begun among the servicemen of the Ukrainian armed forces in Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka. They are dropping their arms, rising and leaving," said Prigozhin, cited on his press service’s Telegram channel.

Russian forces destroy up to 25 servicemen, a D-20 howitzer in Kherson area

Russian troops destroyed up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen and a D-20 howitzer in the Kherson area, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.

"More than 25 Ukrainian servicemen, two vehicles, as well as a D-20 howitzer were destroyed in the Kherson area as a result of the shelling," Konashenkov said.

Special operation, 21 April. Main:

▪️Ukraine lost up to 90 soldiers in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, about 105 in the Kupyansk and Krasnolymansk directions, and up to 310 in the Donetsk direction, the RF Ministry of Defense reported;

▪️The situation in Artemivsk remains tense, the Russian forces are advancing, but it is premature to talk about a "cauldron" for Ukrainian troops, Pushilin said;

▪️More than 16,000 Ukrainian servicemen received military training as part of EU assistance to Ukraine, Borrell said;

▪️The head of the German Ministry of Defense announced the start of a training program for over 100 Ukrainian servicemen to control German Leopard A5 tanks from Saturday;

▪️Conducting military operations of Ukraine on the territory of the Russian Federation is a normal phenomenon, as long as there are no attacks on cities and civilians, Pistorius said. Medvedev responded to these words by stating that "any German who wants an attack on Russia must be ready for the parade in Berlin."

Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️During the day, up to 255 Ukrainian troops and mercenaries were destroyed in the DPR;

▪️An ammunition depot of the 95th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed near the village of Serebryanka in the DPR. The warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons of the Ukrainian group was also destroyed;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two groups of Ukrainian saboteurs in the Kharkov region and the LPR;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed 60 Ukrainian soldiers and counter-battery combat radars manufactured by the USA AN / TPQ-50 in the LPR in a day;

▪️An ammunition depot of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed near the village of Staritsa, Kharkov region;

▪️Russian air defenses destroyed five Ukrainian drones;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed more than 65 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a D-30 howitzer in the DPR;

▪️In the area of the settlement of Chervonaya Dibrova, the LPR stopped the actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups.